pressure=9Pa wrote:Fair enough. My wife, who is an English teacher, likes to listen to see what words he can invent. So far "aggressivity" and "smartness" are our favorites. He's kind of a modern day Shakespeare with his ability to manipulate teh English langauge.

Does she watch the NFL? If so, then ask her how she feels when she hears that a play is "defensed." Using "defense" as a verb makes me want to scream like a banshee.

It's like "offsides" and "offside".

You don't go offsides, you go offside. It's even written in the rulebook as offside.